Australia Random facts about the land down under: -Canberra was selected as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not stop arguing which city should be the capital of Australia. -Australia is the most obese country in the world as of 2012 with a 26 percent obesity rate despite being a sport loving nation. -Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902. - Australians refer to English people as Pome, which is actually the acronym for Prisoners of Mother England. -It is illegal to wear hot pink pants after midday Sunday. -Australia was the second country to give women the vote. - In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalised by the Guinness Book of Records for downing 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia. -In 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, went for a swim at the beach and was never seen again. It is an unresolved and bizarre mystery. Theories about his disappearance include kidnapping by a Chinese submarine, eaten by a shark and suicide.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:59:11 +0000
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